WWII-era missile explodes in kitchen while Polish woman cleans

upi ^ | June 12, 2013

[JoeProBono]

STRZYSZOW, Poland, - Police in Poland said a woman was hospitalized with injuries incurred when she accidentally detonated an anti-aircraft missile while cleaning her kitchen.

Investigators said the incident at the Strzyszow home was initially thought to be the result of an exploded gas cylinder, but they soon discovered the 56-year-old woman apparently knocked over a World War II-era missile stored behind a kitchen cupboard while sweeping the floor, Polskie Radio reported Wednesday.

Police said the woman's husband brought the object to their home years ago and the family had assumed it was no longer active.

[JoeProBono]

[knarf]

OOPS ... TOLD ya’ not t’TOUCH it .... !

[huckfillary]

I hate when that happens.

[mountn man]

Hey Honey, I found this unexploded WWII bomb. Lets keep it in the living room. It'll make a great coffee table.

[mountn man]

You touch my missile and its bang, zoom, to the moon, Alice.

[bigbob]

Make ordnance safe before cleaning...

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Great! I love it!

[JoeProBono]

[Boogieman]

I bought one of these shells from a guy on the street who was moving, because it looked so darn cool:

He had no idea what it was or whether it was live, so the first thing I did was look up the serial number. Turns out it is a dummy training shell that never had a live payload, so I can keep this around the house without worrying :)

[mountn man]

Thats just wierd.

[PowderMonkey]

Reminds me of an encounter I had some years ago in the former Yugoslavia. I was walking through a massive open air flea market in an open field on the outskirts of Belgrade, during a snow storm, when I noticed the crowds have formed a huge vacant area around a single person seated in a chair. Curious, I pushed through the crowd and approached the seated individual to see what was being offered for sale. There, in the falling snow, sat a little old lady, pleasantly smiling, and cradling something in her lap, waiting for a potential buyer. She explained it was something she had found in her garden, and pulled her long shawl back to reveal a live mortar round. Surreal. Time to beat feet.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[treetopsandroofs]

How large is that shell?

[JoeProBono]

[Arkansas Toothpick]

[moose07]

Garden SunChair?

[Joe 6-pack]

I now have yet one more reason to avoid cleaning up around the kitchen.

Clearly the risks just aren’t worth it.

[JoeProBono]

[mountn man]

I hope these aren’t pictures from your house.